Good morning! Time to get up and shake it all about once more. I haven't had my breakfast yet, so that may explain the "shake it all about" thing. Last night was one of the more still nights that I have seen for a while. Even this morning the breeze is nowhere to be seen. Very unusual out in these parts. Today, reading in Revelation, I am struck by the how the personnel in heaven fulfill their duties. The four beasts are saying, "Holy, holy , holy..." and the four and twenty elders are kneeling and setting down their crowns before the throne, as John says, "Day after day, and night after night." That sounds kind of dull and redundant don't you think? Yes, from our human perspective we think of sore knees, aching backs, raspy throats, and other conditions that would cause if we did that here on earth. Not that praising God constantly would be a bad thing, but that we are still too earth bound in our thinking. John reports what is going on, the coloring we give it comes from our own prejudices. I notice, or more likely was prompted by the Holy Spirit, that nowhere does it say the beasts or elders are forced to do this. In fact just a few verses later one of the elders speaks to John, and then the beasts and elders bow before the Lamb. That tells me that this group still has their freedom in heaven, no one is making them praise God constantly. We cannot place our earth bound notions and ideas on heaven, Jesus tells us that he will make all things new. If all things are new from God's point of view, how can we possibly imagine what that will be like? Sorry, but we will simply have to wait patiently to find out just how wonderful the new heaven and earth will be when Jesus comes.
Praise God for the day!
Bucky
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